San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-10-11
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RYDER'S RUCUS
And FIorIan's Funny Fighting

And Florian'S Funny Fighting.
The belligerents, II. Ryder-Taylor, Of
the Gossip, and Chas. FlOrian, Of San
Antonio, were tried before the recorder
this morning on charge OF fighting, or
rather, Florian was not tried. He came
to the courthouse before court opened,
der, and pleaded guilty, receiving ten
dollar fine. Only the all.searching eye
OF the Goddess of Justice looked in on
this strange trial, where the recorder
was court, marshal, clerk, and every
thing, and where no witnesses were
needed, and we hope, that the said god
dess lowered close enough to the high
dignitary 10 enable him to deal out JUS
tice on both sides. When the
trial of Mr.. Henry Kyder-Tay-
lor came up in open court,
however, the judge would not 60 on
without the presence OF FlOrian, who,
by the evidence of witnesses and his
own statement, was the aggressOr from
the start. Anton was going to prose-
cute the newspaper man from the start.
Perhaps fellow foreigner feeling had
something to do with it, but he should
have reflected that Ryder was once q
foreigner, too. One witness, who saw
the whole fight (?) swOre that Ryder
Taylor was standing talking TO him
when Florian approached from behind.
stepped to one side and dealt him a
powerful blow in the eye, before he
realized what had happened. The two
then grappled and fell, and that was all
there was Of it. Florian did not deny
this statement of the manner Of his
fighting and the recorder could then do
oil hon ha
against Ryder-Taylor.
The following Is the item in the Gossip
that caused the row:
"a lady contributor, who is very pop
ular In san Antonio society, writes as
follows: Dear Gossip:-One of our well
known dudes recently had much trouble
In organizing a german in honor Of O
lady visiting the city, but he succeeded
and the entertainment apparently pass
ed off In successful way. He has nc
use for newspapers or newspaper men,
except those who "taffy" him, but next
day he eagerly scanned the morning
paper, and was annoyed to find that II
had no notice of the little affair. Oh
course he cussed the want OF enterprise
on the part Of newspapers and the imbe-
cility of newspaper men but was con-
sOled with the idea that he could
work" the evening par era. He saw the
reporters, made frantic endeavors
to induce them to publish full account
and list Of participants, and retired sat
isfied that he had done his work. AT
night he glanced over both evening pa
pers, and, oh, horror! there was nothing
more than a passing allusion to the ger
man, and what was worse, this they said
was led by the other fellow. His nerves
were so shattered, and his vanity so
punished, that he has not been the same
thing since, but he got there after all.
The report appeared in the morning
paper next day, and l sm reliably in
formed that 1t was paid for as an sdver-
tisemept. If this be true, all that sur
prises me is where he borrowed the
money to pay for it. Yours cordially
for the suppression Of dudes, Z. This
letter needs no comment"